Do the following in sequence:-
Step 1:- activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Select City:-"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textColor="@android:color/black"/>
<MultiAutoCompleteTextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/multilist"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:singleLine="true"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Submit"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
android:onClick="submit"/>
</LinearLayout>
Step 2:- MainActivity.java
package supriya.com.multiautocompletetextview; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.MultiAutoCompleteTextView; import android.widget.Toast; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { MultiAutoCompleteTextView completeTextView; String[] list={"Hyderabad","Delhi","Goa","Patna","Telangana","Jaipur"}; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); completeTextView=(MultiAutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.multilist); completeTextView.setTokenizer(new MultiAutoCompleteTextView.CommaTokenizer()); ArrayAdapter<String> adp=new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(),R.layout.multitextview_design,list); completeTextView.setThreshold(1); completeTextView.setAdapter(adp); completeTextView.setDuplicateParentStateEnabled(false); } public void submit(View v){ completeTextView.setText(""); Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Submitted",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } }
Step 2:- multitextview_design.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@android:id/text1"
style="?attr/spinnerDropDownItemStyle"
android:singleLine="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/dropdownListPreferredItemHeight"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:text=""
android:layout_margin="5dp"/>